Healthy brains, healthy children
Subtitle: how parents can raise their children in a smarter, healthier and more natural way
By: Coralee Thompson and Philip Maffetone
Contributors: Maffetone, Philip
Publisher: [Philmaffetone.com]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Charleston, SC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781439267240
Subjects: Child rearing; Children; Health and hygiene; Nutrition; Food preferences in children
Other titles: How parents can raise their children in a smarter, healthier and more natural way :
Description: Addresses and promotes the very basic, natural, common-sense needs of children: healthful food, clean water, delivery of oxygen and other brain nourishment, and stimulation of all the senses.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Our philosophy; title: Understanding the brain; title: The very beginning; title: Big food stuff: macronutrients; title: Small food stuff: micronutrients and phytonutrients; title: The rainbow of food: vegetables and fruits; title: Dietary supplements: the good and the bad; title: Blood sugar and the brain; title: Stress hormones; title: Gastrointestinal function; title: Chronic inflammation; title: Environmental factors; title: Immune function; title: Eye, ear and sinus health; title: Bone, muscle and body fat; title: Sleep; title: Medical issues: hospitals and medications; title: Finding a health-care professional; title: Laboratory tests; title: Special needs of brain-injured children; title: Food, shopping and cooking: the art and pleasure of excellent nutrition; title: Healthy recipe ideas.